California Medical Association (CMA ALERT) – The CMS announced that a 0.5% increase will be made for Medicare reimbursement rates, which are effective starting July 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015.

The increase to Medicare reimbursement rates is an effect of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, signed in April 2015. CMS has released the updated RVU files and announced the new conversion factor as $35.9335.

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